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That Midnight Kiss is a american film of genre Musical directed by Norman Taurog released in USA on 22 september 1949 with Kathryn Grayson

That Midnight Kiss (1949)

That Midnight Kiss
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Released in USA 22 september 1949
Length 1h36
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Musical,    Romance
Rating64% 3.2457553.2457553.2457553.2457553.245755

That Midnight Kiss is a 1949 Technicolor American musical romance film also starring Mario Lanza (in his first leading role) and Kathryn Grayson. Among the supporting cast were Ethel Barrymore, conductor/pianist Jose Iturbi (playing himself), Keenan Wynn, J. Carrol Naish, and Jules Munshin. The commercially popular film was directed by Norman Taurog, who the following year would again direct Lanza and Grayson in the even more successful The Toast of New Orleans.

Synopsis

In Philadelphia, Abigail Trent Budell (Ethel Barrymore), a wealthy resident of Philadelphia and patron of the arts, supports her soprano granddaughter Prudence Budell (Kathryn Grayson) just returning from Europe after five years of training. Her grandmother sponsors an opera company run by the famous maestro Jose Iturbi (himself) to give her chance to lead an opera. They hire the also famous tenor Guido Russino Betelli (Thomas Gomez), but Prudence does not feel comfortable with him on the stage. After Prudence accidentally sees an American-Italian truck driver Johnny Donnetti (Mario Lanza) singing opera, she is instrumental in bringing Johnny to public attention by insisting that he replace the opera troupe's defecting star tenor.

Actors

Kathryn Grayson

(Prudence Budell)
Ethel Barrymore

(Abigail Trent Budell)
José Iturbi

(Himself)
Keenan Wynn

(Artie Geoffrey Glenson)
J. Carrol Naish

(Papa Donnetti)
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